Curious -what USDA survey would that be? Why are they asking questions about 70-plus year old tractors? All that data has been and was documented back then. You can find the info in our MANUALS forum under TRACTORS...here's the 800 Series -

TimActually they do these surveys about every seven years. If you are a farm no matter how big or small and no matter what type beef,crop etc. It is a comprehensive survey. According to reports there are a large amount of smaller farms. The big guys haven't kicked us out yet

Agreed, Jack. There are no more American 40-80 acre farms anymore. They need to contact Con-Ag...the ironic thing is they could put an end to world hunger if only there were more small family farms like there was back then...but then that's the Catch 22 -governments can't make any money.

You're right Tim. I was involved in a project in 2010 to photograph all of the dairy barns in Portage Co., WI where my grandparents farm was located. At that time a mere 10% of them were being used as dairy barns. However, we have more and more of the CAFO's (concentrated animal feeding operations) and are dealing with the problems that causes, such as wells polluted with animal feces and who knows what kind of medicines they feed these poor beasts! As a bonus, we're faced with a surplus of cheap milk, over-production of cheese (cheese-heads indeed) to a point where the 'gummint' has to buy it. To add insult to injury, the the little farm towns are in a state of perpetual decline with not enough residents to hold a 4th of July parade and they have to take turns being the town drunk...

American farms have been in the decline since the 60's, maybe before. Remember when the gubment would pay farmers NOT to grow stuff? Now, with all the states legalizing marijuana, think of all the revenue Uncle Sam could generate by licensing farmers to grow it for commercial use? Just saying...

Check out the university of Nebraska 1940 field test. Has the belt HP listed as 23.5 and less back then they called it pulley HP.its in the manuals on this sight. Don't know if that will help but it's a start. Tim Daley may know more.

Check out the university of Nebraska 1940 field test. Has the belt HP listed as 23.5 and less back then they called it pulley HP.its in the manuals on this sight. Don't know if that will help but it's a start. Tim Daley may know more.